Cheek-plate for draw-bars



(No Model.)

W. H. HOVEY.

GHEEK PLATE FOR DRAW BARS.

' No. 390,231. Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

I H "T 818811.11: I. I, g Z) UNITED TATES \VILLIAM H. HOVEY, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA.

CHEEK PLATE FOR DRAW=BARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,231, dated October 2, 1888.

Serial No. 280,207. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HOVEY, of Brazil, in the county of Clay and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cheek-Plates for Draw-\Voods in RailroadGars; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to the ehcelrplates on the draft-wood of railroad-cars; and it consists in the extension of the plates and the longitudinal strain on the bolts.

In the ordinary construction of this connection between the draw-bar and the car a strap on the side of the draft-wood has been used. This strap is fastened to the eheekplate by bolts passing through from side to side. The strain on this plate and the forward and back ward movement given to it by the pullingand pushing on the draw-bar in the ordinary use of the car cause it to act on the bolt with a shearing or cutting movement, which destroys the bolt.

The object of my invention is to avoid the cutting and the lateral strain on the bolts, and to convert the lateral strain on the bolts to a longitudinal strain.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of the cheek-plate and spring. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line a w in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the cheek-plate.

A A are the cheek-plates on the upper side of the draft-wood or spring-timber D. These plates are strengthened by the ribs a a, which also act as a buttress for that part of the plate turned up at its rearward end to form the re sistanceplate a. On the outer edges of the plate wings I) are thrown up. The upper edges of thesewings are enlarged and perforated through their entire length to form the eye B. These wings also support the outer ends of the resistance-plate. The eye B may be made on the side of the cheek-plate or wing, if desired. The longitudinal bolt 0 passes through the eyes in the plates A. A, and is screwthreaded at the end which engages with the nut c and the loek-nut c. The plates f f are perforated to admit the draw loar and act against the resistance-plates a a. The buffer-spring E is compressed between these perforated plates, and the draw-bar h (shown in dotted lines) is inserted through the perforated plates and the coiled spring and properly keyed in place.

at m m are studs or dowel-pins projecting from the under side of the cheek-plates and engage with the proper sockets in the drawwood.

1241.72 are bolt-holes, through which ordinary bolts are inserted to fasten the cheek-plates to the draw-wood. Four of these cheek-plates are used for each draw-bar, two on the upper side and two on the under side of the drawwood, or two in front and two in the rear of the spring, and connected by the longitudinal bolts. This construction brings all of the strain of the spring produced by the action of the draw-bar on these longitudinal bolls.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The cheek-plate for draw woods, provided with eyes for the reception of the longitudinal bolts, in combination with the longitudinal bolts, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the cheek-plates for draw-woods, provided with the resistance plates and buttresses, and the eye for the reception of the longitudinal bolt, as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the eheekplates in pairs with the longitudinal bolts, as described.

4.. The combination of the cheelvplates A, having the ribs to, wings I), eyes 13, and resistance-plates a, with the longitudinal bolt 0, as and for the purposes described.

VILLTAM H. HOVEY.

\Vitnesses:

PETER T. LUTHER,

O. E. MATsoN. 

